Collateral Damage, Gryffindor Horcrux, sunken ships and logical ravens

[Kirstini]

 I spoil you spoil he/she/it spoils they have spoiled we will all be spoiled  I spoil you spoil 
he/she/it spoils they have spoiled we will all be spoiled  I spoil you spoil he/she/it spoils 
they have spoiled we will all be spoiled  I spoil you spoil he/she/it spoils they have spoiled 
we will all be spoiled  I spoil you spoil he/she/it spoils they have spoiled we will all be 
spoiled  I spoil you spoil he/she/it spoils they have spoiled we will all be spoiled  I spoil 
you spoil he/she/it spoils they have spoiled we will all be spoiled, and I must not tell lies, 
either. 

Hello. I've been dragged out of the woodwork. 
> Phyllis: I fully expected to be vindicated in my conviction that Snape
> has  always been evil, particularly given how he did nothing to spare
> the Muggle studies teacher from death

> CV: Good point on Muggle Studies teacher. Spilling the beans on
> Harry's departure date was on orders from Dumbledore - but what was
> that bit about "Source?" "The same as we discussed previously." 

Actually, Prof Burbage's murder, along with Emmeline Vance's in HBP (which I believe 
Snape claimed responsibility for leaking) were two big bits of collateral damage which 
made me feel uneasy with the DDM revelation. Oh, the greater good, the greater good. 

> Phyllis: I thought the unknown Gryffindor or Ravenclaw Horcrux would
> be from Gryffindor, and that they would find it in Godric's Hollow.  
> 
> CV: I've always thought that the house itself was supposed to be the
> Gryffindor horcrux object. Voldy did his boogatyboogawhatever that
> sets up the container object that only needed the murder to start it
> up, but when the murder backfired, the incomplete horcrux (house)
> collapsed. As it turned out, there was no Gryffindor horcrux, so I
> sort of think I was right about that.

I need to do some maths here. The diary, the ring, the locket, the cup, that bloody diadem, 
the snake, Voldemort. Right, so Harry was an unknown *seventh* Horcrux and V had an 
eight-part soul. RIGHT. I suppose, technically, he did get something of Gryffindor's, 
though.

On the topic of the old list; I had a theory there, once, in that Bay. The rather dodgy suffix 
was HUMBLE (How Umbridge Modernises Badness/Light Enquiries, could be appended to 
any range of products, particularly Percy Is Evil). The ship was called Shades of Grey. The 
arsenal featured Sirius' statement re. Umbridge: "The world isn't divided into good people 
and Death Eaters" prominently. The premise was something to do with increasing moral 
shades of grey in the Pottersverse. I'm going to try and dig it out and mourn its passing. 
Really, was there that much need to drag ol' Toadface back into it again?

Do you know the main problem I had with the book? It was that link Kneasy sent us last 
week to the Logical Raven fanfic (yes, I've been lurking creepily about for a while). I 
thought it was pretty poorly written, to be honest. Lost patience after a few chapters of 
constant location jumping, with nothing much being done. 
I realised last night I've actually been confusing events in the fanfic with the actual book. 

Kirstini, a bit dejected.